Feminism Listicle GSW 101

Feminism listicle describing my vision on feminists.

1. Equal Pay For Woman

Via pn.b5z.net

Equal pay for women has been an ongoing issue and something has to be done about it. Woman can perform the job just as well as men. It's not fair that they are getting paid less money because of their sex. I've seen some women outwork men and let me tell you...the women do it good. In the course packet article titled "What Gender Pay-Gap Statistics Aren't Capturing", the author says "gender pay gap in the U.S. amounts to women earning about 94.6 cents per dollar compared to men." I understand that this is a miniscule amount, but every cent helps in today's society. Also with a margin this small, companies need to wake up and realize that because of the small gap, everyone has to get paid the same regardless of sex or race. It's disgusting to see women get paid less because of their gender. Sure, education levels and other various factors may be involved, but that isn't a reason to pay a female less than a male when they are doing the SAME EXACT job.

2. Paid Maternity Leave As Opposed To Unpaid

Via liberationnews.org

Why do some companies pay for maternity leave when others don't? If companies pay for business trips, lunch outings and parties, then why not pay for real life family matters? It would sure make sense. In other countries, such as Canada they allow up to 50 weeks of paid maternity leave so mothers can have the proper amount of time they need to nuture and care for their children when they are younger. The lowest country on the list, Pakistan has 12 weeks. People talk about how good the United States is, but how fair and good are we actually to our families when we don't offer any package deals for paid maternity leave? If companies truly cared about their employees and families, I would think there would be some paid maternity leave in the benefits package. If the policy for paid maternity leave doesn't get changed soon, mothers might look at raising their kids elsewhere. Or some could even stop having children all together just based on the SOLE reason of no paid leave. I can imagine the United States doesn't want to have a tarnished record like that.. or they do. In any case, this doesn't look too good United States...just saying.

3. Types of Jobs for Men as Opposed to Women

Via static6.businessinsider.com

Why does it seem like the male in the household gets the job of mowing the lawn or building a swing set in the backyard? And why does it seem to be that the female in the household gets the job of cleaning the house on every Sunday? Sure, I think it's alright for the male to do some yard work, but it's also okay for him to help out around the house. I'll be the first to say that I do a lot of work inside the house as opposed to out. And periodically, I will cook meals for myself, clean and even do the laundry. WOW. A guy doing laundry and cooking. Amazing, I know. I've also worked on a landscaping crew for two summers and that job was full of testosterone. Not one female stepped foot in the shop? Why is that? On the contrary, when I go into restaurants, there always seems to be a female hostess and never a male one. Are certain companies/professions trying to tell genders something?

4. Class and Status for Women

Via dhsprogram.com

In today's society, it seems to be that men get the higher praise on almost everything they do as compared to women. They will get the promotion at the office just because of their gender and role in society. Or they will get chosen for the job interview over a woman because of their gender again. Which is bullshit. All along, I've been trying to say that woman can do it just as good, if not better. Don't you wonder what would happen if woman were higher up than men? Or if we had a female president? How's that for power? In one of the readings out of the WVFV book for class, in the article titled "Still Needing the F Word", the author says "female counterparts are expected to hide their intelligence in order to succeed with their male peers." This makes zero sense. Holding back a female to not speak her intelligence is like saying a kid can't go in a candy store. Not cool.

5. Women with Power

Via aljazeera.com

Did it ever occur to you that we could (hopefully) have a women president for the United States in 2017? It can't be Trump. That's besides the point lol, but it seriously can't. People undermine the duties and capabilities of women. Women who act, dress and come off as confident will be much more confident than those who don't. What I'm getting at is that women can be in charge. Often times when they are though, people don't take them seriously strictly because of their gender, the way they approach certain issues, etc. Let me use a real life example with the current Presidential Race...Donald Trump is by no means a leader. Maybe a leader in negative, derogatory comments towards African Americans, Hispanics and every form of human being. Maybe he is winning in the category of dodging questions. But he is no real leader when it comes to issues that matter. Hillary on the other hand at least has some direction and speaks some common sense about these topics. She has demonstrated poise and confidence. Which are both positive attributes for women who want some power in the world. I don't want to get too political, but I thought this would be a good example to show how women can be more powerful than men.